Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

HMS Pennywort

Flower-class corvette From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HMS Pennywort
Remove ads

HMS Pennywort was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an ocean escort in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Quick Facts History, United Kingdom ...
Thumb
HMS Pennywort
Remove ads

Service history

On 17 March 1943, she picked up 70 survivors from James Oglethorp, an American merchant torpedoed by the German submarine U-758 and Elin K., a Norwegian merchant torpedoed and sunk by U-603. On 18 March 1943, she, along with HMS Anemone picked up 54 survivors from Canadian Star, a British merchant torpedoed and sunk by U-221. On 12 August 1944, she, along with HMT Damsay, picked up 59 survivors from Orminster, a British merchant sunk by U-480.[1]

Remove ads

References

Sources

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads